title: Incest: the unknowable trauma.
abstract: There are incest victims for whom the trauma is unknowable. It is held sequestered in their minds and not available to consciousness. The price to the victim is a group of recognizable signs, symptoms, behaviors, and deficits, some of which threaten the professionalism of the physician/patient relationship. They are described in detail here so that they can be recognized and the correct diagnosis can be made.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007179:Incest / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations